26 High Street is a one-bedroom detached house in Chrishall, Royston, Royston (SG8 8RP). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1789 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £668,000 is 22.6% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 21.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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26 High Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jul 2020
Application for discharge of condtion 5 (revised plan) on application UTT/2558/11/FUL
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26 High Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£668,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£545,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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CO₂ Emissions for 26 High Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,280
Street avg £3,470
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Raise the roof to provide first floor accommodation with dormer windows to front and rear elevations
6 December 2010Most recent
£545,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8RP: £675,000 (2021–2018).

CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
SG8 8AD
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB